Urbana High School

Summary:

Urbana High School is a public high school located in Urbana, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,220 students. The school is part of the Urbana School District 116, which is ranked 767 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Urbana High School faces several academic challenges. Its students' standardized test scores are generally below the state average, with only 16.3% of 11th-graders proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to the state average of 26.1%, and only 22.6% proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 31.1%. The school's four-year graduation rate has been declining, from 87.0% in 2019-2020 to 83.3% in 2023-2024, and its dropout rate has fluctuated, ranging from 2.9% in 2020-2021 to 10.8% in 2021-2022. Additionally, Urbana High School has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 53.5% in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 29.2% in 2020-2021.

Urbana High School's performance is generally lower than that of nearby schools, such as St. Joseph-Ogden High School and Unity High School, which have higher academic achievement, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism rates. Despite the school's higher spending per student, which has increased from $14,284 in 2019-2020 to $16,579 in 2022-2023, these investments have not translated into improved academic outcomes. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 62.87% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, likely contributes to its lower performance and higher chronic absenteeism rates. Additionally, the significant performance gaps between different student subgroups suggest that the school may need to implement targeted interventions and support programs to address the unique needs of underperforming groups, such as Asian, Multi-racial, and Hispanic students.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1002 S Race St
       Urbana, IL  61801-4957


(217) 384-3505

District: Urbana School District 116

SchoolDigger Rank:
361st of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,909 Help


Feeder schools for Urbana High School:

Elementary:    Dr Preston L Williams Junior Elementary School
    Leal Elementary School
    M L King Junior Elementary School
    Thomas Paine Elementary School
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Middle:    Urbana Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.4 Help
Number of students:  1,220

Racial breakdown:

African American:
36.7%
White:
31.6%
Hispanic:
14.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  62.9% Help


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Compare Details Urbana High School ranks worse than 51.8% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.42. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Urbana High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Urbana High School is $18,909.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Urbana High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Urbana High School 361st of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Urbana High School in the ranking list.)

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Urbana School District 116:

SchoolDigger ranks Urbana School District 116 767th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Urbana High School

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Rank History for all students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 45.08 372nd 586 36.5%
2004 72.70 146th 592 75.3%
2005 69.67 175th 590 70.3%
2006 61.30 245th 596 58.9%
2007 48.63 363rd 612 40.7%
2008 60.19 278th 624 55.4%
2009 49.97 360th 632 43.0%
2010 44.80 428th 643 33.4%
2011 38.27 455th 655 30.5%
2012 43.35 433rd 665 34.9%
2013 38.71 448th 670 33.1%
2014 41.12 439th 670 34.5%
2015 38.14 361st 614 41.2%
2016 37.54 414th 643 35.6%
2017 44.00 361st 642 43.8%
2018 42.77 386th 647 40.3%
2019 44.46 387th 701 44.8%
2021 59.72 226th 688 67.2%
2022 49.94 350th 699 49.9%
2023 47.02 365th 699 47.8%
2024 44.42 361st 697 48.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.44 106th 154 31.2%
2019 30.10 111th 165 32.7%
2021 46.57 78th 160 51.3%
2022 44.59 90th 170 47.1%
2023 18.88 134th 163 17.8%
2024 14.60 158th 182 13.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.61 26th 151 82.8%
2019 77.96 11th 183 94.0%
2021 82.38 12th 189 93.7%
2022 23.51 190th 205 7.3%
2023 56.76 53rd 217 75.6%
2024 56.82 61st 248 75.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.23 248th 374 33.7%
2019 41.48 196th 473 58.6%
2021 43.53 183rd 453 59.6%
2022 51.99 132nd 493 73.2%
2023 62.11 122nd 476 74.4%
2024 66.24 111th 482 77.0%
See the entire list of Best Illinois High Schools for Special Education Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.27 432nd 585 26.2%
2019 32.59 440th 639 31.1%
2021 29.95 443rd 611 27.5%
2022 34.19 426th 626 31.9%
2023 29.16 481st 644 25.3%
2024 29.47 445th 639 30.4%
See the entire list of Best Illinois High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Homeless students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.69 57th 91 37.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.89 393rd 620 36.6%
2019 36.69 422nd 665 36.5%
2021 43.62 339th 639 46.9%
2022 36.34 424th 658 35.6%
2023 44.59 365th 656 44.4%
2024 42.08 356th 664 46.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 46.32 181st 428 57.7%
2024 59.44 102nd 429 76.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.64 349th 619 43.6%
2019 51.02 310th 675 54.1%
2021 70.61 152nd 653 76.7%
2022 59.95 231st 664 65.2%
2023 43.39 368th 668 44.9%
2024 44.42 334th 668 50.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.34 90th 132 31.8%
2019 32.69 95th 130 26.9%
2021 9.09 120th 135 11.1%
2022 22.96 115th 141 18.4%
2023 41.36 88th 134 34.3%
2024 20.83 113th 137 17.5%
See the entire list of Best Illinois High Schools for Asian Students!

Rank History for African American students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.15 144th 253 43.1%
2019 30.83 194th 299 35.1%
2021 29.27 196th 281 30.2%
2022 49.28 110th 294 62.6%
2023 32.45 187th 301 37.9%
2024 43.30 125th 299 58.2%
See the entire list of Best Illinois High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.50 257th 291 11.7%
2019 36.27 187th 317 41.0%
2021 17.09 289th 317 8.8%
2022 20.25 278th 335 17.0%
2023 21.14 280th 333 15.9%
2024 39.18 181st 336 46.1%
See the entire list of Best Illinois High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Urbana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.22 127th 548 76.8%
2019 69.03 140th 552 74.6%
2021 91.32 56th 553 89.9%
2022 66.31 152nd 560 72.9%
2023 60.10 195th 557 65.0%
2024 71.66 128th 554 76.9%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Urbana High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 727 190 42 16 n/a n/a n/a 0 975
1989 643 219 39 9 2 n/a n/a 0 912
1990 863 264 56 26 n/a n/a n/a 0 1209
1991 855 291 69 23 2 n/a n/a 0 1240
1992 794 298 70 18 0 n/a n/a 0 1180
1993 808 310 71 17 1 n/a n/a 0 1207
1994 807 306 79 25 3 n/a n/a 0 1220
1995 843 304 75 27 3 n/a n/a 0 1252
1996 843 304 75 27 3 n/a n/a 0 1252
1997 815 289 86 25 2 n/a n/a 0 1217
1998 814 274 87 14 2 n/a n/a 0 1191
1999 812 279 71 21 2 n/a n/a 0 1185
2000 886 312 88 20 2 n/a n/a 0 1308
2001 881 328 78 21 2 n/a n/a 0 1310
2002 858 368 91 21 2 n/a n/a 0 1340
2003 858 368 91 21 2 n/a n/a 0 1340
2004 808 403 74 32 3 n/a n/a 0 1320
2005 784 385 82 34 5 n/a n/a 34 1324
2006 731 368 71 40 5 n/a n/a 41 1256
2007 658 392 66 46 5 n/a n/a 44 1211
2008 572 345 64 47 7 n/a n/a 60 1095
2009 533 393 66 56 3 n/a n/a 69 1120
2010 478 363 54 82 0 n/a n/a 70 1047
2011 484 393 48 98 0 4 52 0 1079
2012 429 405 47 106 3 5 54 0 1049
2013 448 386 45 114 4 2 68 0 1067
2014 451 373 42 86 6 2 80 0 1040
2015 442 377 38 92 7 1 72 0 1029
2016 449 378 43 107 7 12 72 0 1068
2017 421 411 46 131 7 10 78 0 1104
2018 431 448 50 152 9 10 85 0 1185
2019 418 445 62 170 17 12 86 0 1210
2020 411 394 55 164 19 16 87 0 1146
2021 410 435 46 158 20 7 99 0 1175
2022 403 415 47 174 26 4 107 0 1176
2023 386 448 47 177 29 2 118 13 1220

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Urbana High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 975 65.4 14.9 n/a
1989 912 67.3 13.5 n/a
1990 1209 81.6 14.8 n/a
1991 1240 75.2 16.4 n/a
1992 1180 76.6 15.4 n/a
1993 1207 76.9 15.7 n/a
1994 1220 78.8 15.5 n/a
1995 1252 78.4 16.0 n/a
1996 1252 78.4 16.0 n/a
1997 1217 80.5 15.1 n/a
1998 1191 80.2 14.9 n/a
1999 1185 84.7 14.0 n/a
2000 1308 88.0 14.9 n/a
2001 1310 88.8 14.8 n/a
2002 1340 91.8 14.6 28.5
2003 1340 91.8 14.6 28.5
2004 1320 85.6 15.4 32.8
2005 1324 82.8 16.0 35.9
2006 1256 88.2 14.2 42.6
2007 1211 75.0 16.1 50.6
2008 1095 73.0 15.0 55.6
2009 1120 88.4 12.7 59.8
2010 1047 92.0 11.3 69.6
2011 1079 83.0 13.0 64
2012 1049 85.8 12.2 60.5
2013 1067 99.7 10.6 63
2014 1040 88.3 11.7 62.6
2015 1029 85.0 12.1 63.1
2016 1068 88.0 12.1 62.3
2017 1104 88.4 12.4 62
2018 1185 88.8 13.3 63
2019 1210 93.0 13.0 64.5
2020 1146 88.8 12.9 63
2021 1175 n/a n/a n/a
2022 1176 84.9 13.8 57.6
2023 1220 90.5 13.4 62.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Urbana High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 975 65.4 14.9 n/a
1989 912 67.3 13.5 n/a
1990 1209 81.6 14.8 n/a
1991 1240 75.2 16.4 n/a
1992 1180 76.6 15.4 n/a
1993 1207 76.9 15.7 n/a
1994 1220 78.8 15.5 n/a
1995 1252 78.4 16.0 n/a
1996 1252 78.4 16.0 n/a
1997 1217 80.5 15.1 n/a
1998 1191 80.2 14.9 n/a
1999 1185 84.7 14.0 n/a
2000 1308 88.0 14.9 n/a
2001 1310 88.8 14.8 n/a
2002 1340 91.8 14.6 28.5
2003 1340 91.8 14.6 28.5
2004 1320 85.6 15.4 32.8
2005 1324 82.8 16.0 35.9
2006 1256 88.2 14.2 42.6
2007 1211 75.0 16.1 50.6
2008 1095 73.0 15.0 55.6
2009 1120 88.4 12.7 59.8
2010 1047 92.0 11.3 69.6
2011 1079 83.0 13.0 64
2012 1049 85.8 12.2 60.5
2013 1067 99.7 10.6 63
2014 1040 88.3 11.7 62.6
2015 1029 85.0 12.1 63.1
2016 1068 88.0 12.1 62.3
2017 1104 88.4 12.4 62
2018 1185 88.8 13.3 63
2019 1210 93.0 13.0 64.5
2020 1146 88.8 12.9 63
2021 1175 n/a n/a n/a
2022 1176 84.9 13.8 57.6
2023 1220 90.5 13.4 62.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

Urbana High School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201598.6%98.4%98.4%98.4%98.7%98.8%98.7%
201698.3%98.6%98.6%98.6%98.1%98.5%21.6%
201798.2%98.7%98.7%98.7%98.1%98.5%98.1%17.7%
201898.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.7%98.2%98.4%19.5%
201998.3%98.6%98.6%98.6%98.2%98.1%98.7%49.8%
202198.9%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%98.9%96.0%
202297.9%98.3%98.3%98.3%98.1%98.4%98.1%96.7%
202399.1%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.1%
202499.3%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.3%99.3%99.2%99.2%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Urbana High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $866 (6.3%) $12,889 (93.7%) $13,755
2020 $724 (5.1%) $13,561 (94.9%) $14,284
2021 $1,581 (10.9%) $12,987 (89.1%) $14,568
2022 $1,581 (10.9%) $12,987 (89.1%) $14,568
2023 $2,193 (13.2%) $14,386 (86.8%) $16,579
2024 $2,153 (11.4%) $16,755 (88.6%) $18,909

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Urbana High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 387th of 701 High schoolsRanks 365th of 699 High schools
 3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Mathematics (Urbana High School)20.618.8
 1.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Urbana School District 116)20.618.8
 1.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)34.826.7
 8.1%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Urbana High School)28.827
 1.8%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Urbana School District 116)28.827
 1.8%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.731.6
 5.1%
End of Course Science (Urbana High School)28.939.1
 10.2%
   End of Course Science (Urbana School District 116)28.939.1
 10.2%
   End of Course Science (Illinois)36.452.2
 15.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students12101220
 0.8%
African American445448
 0.7%
American Indian1729
 70.6%
Asian6247
 24.2%
Hispanic170177
 4.1%
Pacific Islander122
 83.3%
White418386
 7.7%
Two or More Races86118
 37.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients64.5%62.9%
 1.7%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 1,220 students attended Urbana High School.

Urbana High School ranks 361st of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Urbana High School are 37% African American, 32% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 2% American Indian, 1% Not Specified.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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